Abu Dhabi hosts Africa meeting on renewable energy
&Nbsp;ABU DHABI, Collective Arab Emirates (AP) — Africa's growing economy and reliance on carbon-emitting forcefulness from wood and charcoal could "exponentially" worsen global warming unless the continent steps up its investment in occur, solar and hydro power, the head of a new international energy agency said Friday.
The key to ramping up renewable force resources is to develop a regulatory framework to convince institutional investors it's safe to put their money into these cutting-tense technologies, Adnan Amin told nearly 30 African energy and foreign affairs ministers at the start of a two-day joining.
"If Africa continues to grow at pace it is growing and intensifies that growth and uses only carbon-emitting forms of liveliness, it will exponentially change the picture on climate change and make it much worse," said Amin, a Kenyan who is chief general of the International Renewable Energy Agency.
"We need right now to start making the kinds of investment that will vanguard Africa on a very different path," he said.